(halbrook.net) …or at least he did when he was Cardinal Ratzinger… LifeSiteNews.com reports that back in 2003, then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger expressed serious reservations about the novels , writing to an author analyzing the “Good or Bad” of Harry Potter that “It is good, that you enlighten people about Harry Potter, because those are subtle seductions, which act unnoticed and by this deeply distort Christianity in the soul, before it can grow properly,”

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(chicagotribune.com) Here’s one solution to the nagging problem of movie piracy — release films in theaters and on DVD on the same day.

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(MSNBC.com) It’s fair to say that “Star Wars III: The Revenge of the Sith” is the most anticipated film of the summer. For costumed superfans, who are already lining up in front of local theaters hoping to be first in line to see the conclusion to the saga, this is an event. For those of us who don’t want to be fodder for Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, it is also a must-see film, after the initial rush has passed.

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(MSNBC.com) The Force lands in theaters a bit more forcefully in the final installment of George Lucas “Star Wars” tale.

“Episode III — Revenge of the Sith” is the first “Star Wars” tale to receive a PG-13 rating. The movie was screened for reporters Tuesday night at Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch, and the PG-13 rating — “for sci-fi violence and some intense images” — is well-deserved.

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